I might be wrong but I think it has something to do with when woman (officers and enlisted) we eligable for sea duty. They chose to make it fair for both genders when competing in the SW.
The reason why they started counting points for sea time was in order to make sea billets more attractive and help with the selection process for afloat assignments. (Less select&direct, more volunteering).
Originally posted by rstinson: Can anyone tell me why they started counting sea time for servicwide points as of Feb 01, 1994 (How did they come up with this date.)
Reading the servicewide elig. message states:
SEA DUTY POINTS ARE EARNED ONLY FOR COAST GUARD SEA SERVICE AFTER 01 FEB 1994 WHERE THE MEMBER RECEIVED SEA PAY.
I'm told that Non rates (E2 -E3) still do not receive sea pay. So why this date.
I'm just curious, I have over 2 yrs sea time from 91 - 93 would love the extra 4 points...
Someone hasn't been paying attention...the CG used to use the same scale as the navy (prior to Oct 2001), where only E4 and up got sea pay, but everyone accrued SEA TIME. The newer 3 tiered scale made it fairer for everyone and broke it up by cutter class so that everyone got it. I love the fact that an ensign gets the same sea pay as most non-rates...
The reason for the 1 Feb date was almost explained correctly above. That is the date that the CG believes females first had an equitable oppurtunity to go afloat. Note - it is not the date they were allowed or authorized, just the date when gender became a very minimal factor in assignments afloat. In 1989, three of the six females on my cutter were PERMANENT Cutterman. To be alittle less polictically correct it was right around that time frame (1994) when women could get orders afloat whether they liked it or not.
So - that is why that date was established, to ensure that there was no appreciable gender gap based differences in SWE points.
